Your Views on Ubuntu Re-Spins

[Spice Weasel]

So if someone wanted to make an impact in the linux market, they would have to do a LFS?

No, if you wanted to make an impact in the Linux 'market' you have to be original, and not make another distribution (from scratch or not) that is just standard GNU/Linux with GNOME/KDE and dpkg or RPM. Originality is key.

[GreenDance]

No, if you wanted to make an impact in the Linux 'market' you have to be original, and not make another distribution (from scratch or not) that is just standard GNU/Linux with GNOME/KDE and dpkg or RPM. Originality is key.

So, going back to the drawing board, and re-writing history, starting from scratch, something totally original?

[Johnsie]

My view is that Ubuntu itself is a re-spin... So really they are all Debian re-spins. Jolicloud is great... I'll be looking for a Gnome-based distro when Unity becomes the default. Unity is not suitable for the professional business user.

[Spice Weasel]

Which are more important to the free software world?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZevenOS - Different theme
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux4One - Different desktop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabily - Pre installed Arabic and Islamic software.

or

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoboLinux - They developed the tools needed to redefine the UNIX-like filesystem to be easy to use and understand from the new user's point of view.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSLinux - Made it possible (and possibly proved) that it is possible to run Linux on a Nintendo DS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xebian - Created a fork of the kernel that could run on the Microsoft Xbox.

[wojox]

There's way too many.

What about your favorite? Hannah Montana Linux

[Lisimelis]

i really like the lighter ones....i have an old laptop for testing and really made it useful with a couple of them...

[toupeiro]

I don't care about the subject at all.

Ubuntu is a re-spin of Debian.

Quite right! However, one of very significant consequence..

I never held much favor for spin-offs of spin-offs, until I ran Jolicloud...

[RiceMonster]

What about your favorite? Hannah Montana Linux

That's the only acceptable one, of course.




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[GreenDance]

Isn't OSX a respin of BSD?

[GreenDance]

No, if you wanted to make an impact in the Linux 'market' you have to be original, and not make another distribution (from scratch or not) that is just standard GNU/Linux with GNOME/KDE and dpkg or RPM. Originality is key.

With such thing as the GUI being original, not Gnome/KDE?